Only time will tell whether Mourinho will be given months, weeks or days
Stan Collymore
“He was the best. He had a fantastic attitude," Mourinho told reporters.
“Aggressive, brave… and he had something that we thought was important which is quality on the ball.
“He knows how to play football. He brings the ball into offensive areas… really happy with the job the kid did.”
Collymore, however, reckons Mourinho’s gushing praise was a ruse to curry favour with Ferguson.
Jose Mourinho is on the brink at Man Utd (Image: GETTY)
He told The Mirror: “What I did find interesting after the defeat by West Ham on Saturday was that Mourinho singled out Scott McTominay for praise.
“That looked to me like he was nodding in the direction of Sir Alex Ferguson, the man who first championed the youngster, telling him he was singing from the same hymn sheet and asking him without asking him to influence the directors into giving him more time.
“Only time will tell whether Mourinho will be given months, weeks or days.”
Mourinho will be keen to get back to winning ways tonight in the Champions League against Valencia.
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